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baltimore January 8, 2018
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Public schools in Baltimore are literally too cold for kids to be in

As freezing temperatures engulf much of the East Coast, public schools in Baltimore, Maryland have been forced to close over a lack of resources to properly heat the buildings.

Baltimore city schools CEO Sonja Santelises said this weekend that people in power have known that this was coming,

“The day of reckoning has come. We all knew. State knew. District knew. City knew. We’ve had numerous reports that have talked about the age of the buildings…We, frankly, had the blessing of really warm winters. But now, under pressure of extended cold, the chickens are coming home to roost.”

The actual structure of the buildings is the cause of this particular issue, but there are obviously larger root causes in Baltimore that have led to this point.

Baltimore finds itself in a similar position to Detroit, Michigan.

Years of economic depression in a once-vital city of industry, decades of white flight, and general urban neglect, all colored by antagonistic relationship between the (largely Democratic) city legislator and the (largely GOP) state government that hinders any progress.

The Wire creator David Simon pointed out that Maryland is the most affluent state in the United States and its public education system is the third best in the country, yet Baltimore’s school systems are dangerously cash-strapped.

So cash-strapped, in fact, that they can’t heat classrooms.

Today, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican, granted the Baltimore school district $2.5 million in state funds while proposing an “inspector general” to investigate “corruption” in the Baltimore school district.

Hogan said:

“Let me be clear, this is not to reward the people who are responsible, who have failed. This funding is literally about saving kids from freezing in winter and from sweating and being hospitalized during warm weather. No child in the state of Maryland should ever have to suffer because of the failures of the responsible adult leaders, who have repeatedly failed them over, and over, and over again.”

It’s not a good sign when the governor feels the need to politicize paying for heating in Baltimore schools.

We’re literally at the point that the richest country in the history of the world has to start GoFundMe‘s in order to heat public schools. Late capitalism is undefeated.

baltimore November 27, 2017
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Baltimore has a homicide problem and the cops are sketchy about it

In my mind, I believed our country’s police brutality problem was mostly centered around the Black youth of America.

That was until a little over a week ago when WBal TV 11 released that B-More’s very own Detective Sean Suiter was killed with his own gun, while preparing to testify against his colleagues the next day. His killer is still unknown.

If you think this is a lil’ sus, don’t worry you’re not the only one, especially since this only made local news.

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The BPD didn’t have much info for us, so we did a little digging on our own. The day after he was killed, Det. Suiter was ready to testify before a Federal Grand Jury against other cops in the department in a big corruption case with the Gun Trace Task Force.

The Baltimore Sun says the 18 year vet had joined Baltimore’s homicide unit two years ago in order to combat the rising murder rate. His death was the 309th homicide this year in Baltimore and the third straight year with over 300 homicides in the city.

B-More out here wilin’, but that’s only part of the issue.

Over the course of his career, Suiter had worked over 25 cases with two of the nine indicted cops. These were mostly drug related cases regarding officers planting false evidence and straight up robbing people of their own cash and drugs over the years.

Safe to say Baltimore’s police department has a history of corruption over the years. BPD’s story behind the incident, is that while doing follow up on a triple murder in a “notoriously violent section” (gotta say that, word? SMH) of the Harlem Park area in West Baltimore, Suiter attempted to speak to a man “acting suspiciously,” and was then shot. Classic.

And of course, the only lead is from an anonymous source claiming Suiter and his partner on duty apparently split up to cover both exits of the 900 block of Bennett Place. That’s when Suiter was murdered. With no video footage. With his own gun. Word?

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Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis said Suiter struggled with his killer, even making a brief call on his radio, at the time it happened. He said that Suiter was found with his radio still in hand and also added that, “Surveillance footage showed Suiter’s partner taking cover when the gunfire erupted.”

So then tell me why there aren’t any CCTV cameras within 5 blocks of Bennett Place, the very same area. C’mon now Commish.

Now here’s another lil’ detail that apparently got lost.

After being shot in the head, Suiter was placed in a patrol car to be hospitalized, which got into an “accident” on the way. He was then transferred to an ambulance that then finally took him to Shock Trauma.

In a statement via Baltimore Police Commissioner Kevin Davis, he said,

“They did the best they could under a very terrible, difficult circumstance.”

Hold up, let me get this straight. So a detective was shot in the head, with his partner around, yet no signs whatsoever of the shooter. Then taken in a patrol car?  I didn’t know detectives drove regular patrol cars.

Especially when the only reason behind not having any body cam footage was the fact that they were both detectives, dressed in suits and ties, not patrol officers. But then to get in a car wreck after being shot in the head? That’s OD.

And of course the mayor was assured that the accident didn’t cause a significant delay in Suiter’s treatment. YOU get into an accident with a headshot wound and lemme know if it affected your treatment. Oh wait, you won’t be able to… Sounds a lil’ too much like Freddie Gray if you ask me.

Just last week, day before Thanksgiving, good ol’ commish Kevin Davis dismissed all administrative charges against the final officer involved in the murder of Freddie Gray. We’re all very thankful Mr. Davis.

Let’s be real with ourselves, Gray goes into the police van completely uninjured, then comes out with “spinal cord injuries” that killed him? Yeah, aight.

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The point is, corruption runs deep in B-More’s justice system.

Adnan Syed is still currently locked up 17+ years later for a crime he didn’t commit and was possibly framed for after his charges were already dropped. Det. Sean Suiter was murdered the day before testifying against his own corrupt colleagues and no one has heard a thing about it.

Baltimore cops want respect from the community, yet what’re they doing to each other? If this is what happens to an officer, how do you think they’re treating dudes in the hood?

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Of course this investigation won’t bring out the national change that’s needed to reform these types of police departments. And it’s seeming more and more likely that Commissioner Davis is trying to sweep this under the rug so it won’t — we already know his stance on police brutality at this point.

When it gets this tragic, you gotta go ahead and start from scratch. We don’t need these type of pigs on the streets.